Apparatus for carbureting air.



No. 718,361. r T PATENTED JAN. 13, 1903.

T. H. J. LEGKBAND.

APPARATUS FOR GARBURETING AIR;

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 28, 1902.

UNrTED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

TI-IEODOR H. J. LECKBAND, OF DES MOINES, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MASON CITY GAS AND FUEL 00., OF MASON OITY,IOWA.

APPARATUS FOR CARBURETING AIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 718,361, dated January 13, 1903.

Application filed October 28,1902. Serial No. 129.097. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODOR H. J. LEOK- BAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for Carbu'retin g Air, of which the following is a specification.

My object is tofaeilitate the manufacture of gas from gasolene, to promote safety, to save expense in the construction and combination of operative parts, and to arrange them relative to each other so the complete apparatus can be advantageously located in a small space.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of elements and subcombinations,as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a View that shows the construction and positions of all the operative parts relative to each other and a walled watertight chamber shown in transverse vertical section.- Fig. 2 is an enlargedvertical sectional view of an air-distributor, and Fig. '3 a sectional view onthe line a; w of Fig. 2.

The numeral designates the bottom of the deepest part ofthe walled water-chamber, and 12 the portion of the bottom in a higher plane as required to support a carbureter elevated relative to a gas and water separator located in the lowest portion of the chamber. The wall 13 rises from the bottom 10 and 12, and 1 1 is a floor fixed to the wall to close the top of the water-chamber. The inside face and bottomof the water-chamberarelined with platemetal15 or cement. The air-tight carburetor vessel 16'rests upon the elevated portion 12 of the bottom of the wator-chamber. A perforated plate 17 is fitted in the lower portion of the vessel 16 to aid in mixing air and gasolene, and a circular air-. distributer 18, preferably cast complete in one piece, is fixed in the center of the perforated plate 17 and'rests upon the bottom of the vessel. A pipe 19 is fitted and fixed in the top of the air-distributor ls-and extends up through the vessel 16 and floor 1 1 and a pipe 20 for conveying air from a blower or pump into and through the pipe 19 to be discharged into the vessel 16'by the distributor carbureter.

18 and perforated plate 17, connected with the pipe 19. An air-holder 21- rests upon the floor-14 and is connected with the top of the pipe 19, as required, to admit air to ascend into the holder through the pipe 19. A bell 22 is fitted in the open top of the gas-holder to be water-sealed therein in a common way. Rods 23 are fixed to the outside of thegasholder 21 .and extended through bearers 24, fixed to the top of the bell to. guide the upand-down motions of the bell. I A valve-chamber 25 is fixed to the top of the pipe 20 and a stop-valve 26 fitted .in its topand connected with a bearer 24 at the top ofthe bell 22 in such .a manner that-when the'bell rises to its restricted limit it will open the valve and allow air to escape from the pipe 20, as required, to prevent a blower connected with said pipe by means of a branch27 from forcing air into the carbureter vessel 16 when-.

ever sufficient gas is stored therein to permit the cessation of mixing more air with gasolene in the carburetor until gas-is-exhausted 'and the pressure reduced and the bell 22 lowered by force of gravity and the valve 26 automatically closed to again direct air into the carburetor.

A gasolene-supply tank 31 is supported on a bracket 32, fixed to the wall above the floor 14, or in any suitable way, at a proper eleva: tion for feeding gasolene therefrom through a pipe 33, fixed to the bottom of the tank and the central portion of the water-separator 28, into said separator and from thence into the A sight-feed 34: is connected with the upper portion of the pipe 33. A pipe 35 is fixed in the top of the oil and water separator 28, a rod 36 extended through said pipe, and a float 37 attached to the lower end of the rod in such a manner that the quantity of wamain and burners is fixed in the top of the carburetor vessel 16 and connected with the tube 39 by a pipe 44 for equalizing the pressure in the separator 28 and the carburetor 16.

A pipe 45 is connected with the lower portion of the separator 28 and projects above the floor 14 for the purpose of attaching a pump to draw water and oil from the separator 28 and carburetor l6 whenever desired.

In the practical operation of the apparatus water is filled into the water-chamber through a suitable inlet to submerge the carburetor vessel 16 and oil and water separator 28 as required to promote safety by water-sealing them and regulating the temperature in the carburetor. Gasolene is fed into the separator 23 and carburetor vessel 16 through the pipe 33, connected with the tank 31, by force of gravity. A cut-oil valve 46 is connected with the pipe 33 to close communication be tween the tank 31 and the separator and carbu reter. \Vater in the carburetor passes into the separator 28 through the pipe 29 and oil through the pipe 30, and the elevation of oil in the carburetor and the upper portion of the separator will be indicated by the scale on the glass tube L2 on the top of the pipe 39, and at the same time the quantity of Water in the separator will be indicated by the scale on the glass tube 33 on the top of the pipe 35 as required to govern the supply of oil required in the carburetor, to facilitate the work of the attendant, to promote safety, and to regulate the quality and quantity of gas produced. The motion of the bell as connected with the stop-valve 26 automatically regulates the admission of air to the carbureter forced through the pipe 27 when connected with a blower as required to regulate the operation of the carburetor and the supply of gas required.

Having thus described the purpose of my invention, its construction, and operation, its practical utility will be readily understood by persons familiar with the art to which it pertains, and

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an apparatus for making gas, a waterchamber having one portion of its bottom on a higher plane than the other portion, a carbu rotor located on the highest portion of said bottom, an oil and water separator on the lowest portion of the bottom, a pipe connecting the central portion of said separator with the lower portion of the carburetor and a pipe connecting the lower portion of said separator with the lower portion of the carbureter, to operate in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

2. In an apparatus for making gas, a waterchamber having one portion of its bottom on a higher plane than the other portion, a carburetor located on the highest portion of said bottom, an oil and water separator on the lowest portion of the bottom, a pipe connecting the central portion of said separator with the lower portion of the carburetor and a pipe connecting the lower portion of said separator with the lower portion of the carburetor, a pipe connected with the said separator and an oil-supply tank and a pipe connected with the said separator for pumping oil and water out of said separator, arranged and combined to operate in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

3. In an apparatus for making gas, a waterchamber having one portion of its bottom on a higher plane than the other portion, a carburetor located on the highest portion of said bottom, an oil and water separator on the lowest portion of the bottom, a pipe connecting the central portion of said separator with the lower portion of the carburetor and a pipe connecting the lower portion of said separator with the lower portion of the carburetor, a pipe connected with the said separator and an oil-supply tank and a pipe connected with the said separator for pumping oil and water out of said separator, and means for forcing air into the carburetor, arranged and combined to operate in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

4:. In an apparatus for making gas, a waterchamber having one portion of its bottom on a higher plane than the other portion, a carbureter located on the highest portion of said bottom, an oil and water separator on the lowest portion of the bottom, a pipe connecting the central portion of said separator with the lower portion of the carburetor and a pipe connecting the lower portion of said separator with the lower portion of the carburetor, a pipe connected with the said separator and an oil-supply tank and a pipe connected with the said separator for pumping oil and water out of said separator, and means for equalizing the pressure in the carburetor and the said separator, arranged and combined to operate in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

5. In an apparatus for making gas, a carburetor vessel, an air-distributor on the bottom of said vessel, a perforated plate fitted on the top of said air-distributor, a waterchamber for submerging the carburetor, an air-holder on top of said water-chamber, a pipe connecting the carburetor with the airholder, a pipe for conveying air into the carburetor, and means for feeding oil into the carburetor, arranged and combined to operate in the manner set forth for the purposes stated. 7

6. In an apparatus for making gas, a waterchamber, a carburetor vessel inclosed in the water-chamber to be submerged, an air-holder on top of tho water-chamber, a pipe connecting the gas-holder and the carburetor, a pipe connected with said pipe to extend to a blower, a valve-chamber and stop -valve connected with the pipe for conveying air to the carbureter, a rod connected with the bell of the airholder and with the stop-valve, and an oil and water separator connected with the bottom portion of the carbureter, arranged and comthe purposes stated.

7. In an apparatus for making gas, a waterchamber, a carburetervessel inclosed in the water-chamber to be submerged, an air-holder on top of the water-chamber, a pipe connecting the air-holder and the carbureter, a pipe connected with said pipe to extend to a blower, a valve-chamber and stop-valve connected with the pipe for conveying air to the carbureter, a rod connected with the bell of the gas-holder and with the stop-valve, an oil and water separator connected with the bottom portion of the carbureter and means for indicating the amount of oil in thecarbureter and the said separator, arranged and combined to operate in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

8. In an apparatus for making gas, a waterchamber, a carbureter vessel inclosed in the Water-chamber to be submerged, an air-holder on top of the water-chamber, a pipe connecting the air-holder and the carbureter, a pipe connected with said pipe to extend to a blower, a valve-chamber and stop -va1ve connected with the pipe for conveying air to the carbureter, a rod connected with the bell of the air-holder and with the stop-valve, an oil and water separator connected with the bottom portion ofthe carbureter, means for indicating the amount of oil in the carbureter and the said separator and means for indicating the quantity of water in said separator, arranged and combined to operate in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

a closed chamber, a carbureter in the closed chamber, an oil and water separator in the water-chamber extended below the bottom of the carbureter, a pipe connected with said separator for conveying oil to and from the carbureter, a pipe connected with the said separator for conveying water from the-carbureter into the said separator, a pipe con nected with said separator for pumping oil and water out of the separator, an oil-supply tank, a pipe connected with the tank and said separator, a pipe connected with said separator, a rod extended through said pipe and provided with a float at its bottom, a glass tube and scale on the top of said pipe for indicating the amount of water in the'separator, a corresponding tube and rod and float and glass tube and scale connected with the separator for indicating the quantity of oil in the carbureter, an air-distributer in the bottom of the carbureter, a gas-holder supported above the carbureter, a pipe connecting the air-distributer and with the air-holder, a pipe for connecting the carbureter with a blower, a stop-valve connected with the pipe for feeding air to the carbureter, a bell in the airholder, a rod connected with the stop-valve and the bell for regulating the passage of air to the carbureter, a pipe for conveyinggas from the carbureter and a pipe communicating with the carbureter and the oil and water separator for regulating pressure, arranged and combined to operate in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

THEODOR H. J. LEOKBAND. Witnesses:

R. H. ORWIG, THOMAS G. ORWIG. 

